America’s 1,515-HP Desert Showdown: Corvette vs. Viper vs. Shelby GT500

Three all-American heavyweights face off in a high-octane desert duel where horsepower, grit, and attitude decide who rules the road.

[This story originally appeared in the December 2006 issue of MotorTrend.]

Booms echoing across a dry desert lake bed. Military bases and Space Shuttle assembly plants on a horizon of shimmering heat waves. Unmanned Predator drones and inquisitive helicopters peering down from above. Dreadful food in shrink-wrapped plastic.

Sounds like somebody is playing with rockets.

Somebody is. This time, though, it’s not NASA but MotorTrend that’s churning up the desert dust and choking down the freeze-dried sandwiches. You’ll love the rockets, though. To quench your insatiable thirst for high-velocity hardware, MotorTrend assembled the Big Three’s top liquid-fueled boosters. Each produces 500 horsepower — or more. Each flaunts fat tires, huge brakes, and bulging, slotted bodywork that seems to say “Step back if you ain’t qualified, son.” You brought your g suit, didn’t you?

…

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/american-supercar-showdown-corvette-vs-viper-vs-shelby-gt500

(photo credit: MotorTrend)